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Meet the Women Who Seek Out (and Find) "Happy-Ending" Massages ...
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(Sex)
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... the massage and then he washed me off and cleaned me up. ” Tanya says she liked that “she didn’t have to acknowledge” what had happened. Both of them had been silent. Consent was via body language.
“I ...
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Created on 15 October 2021
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Emily Ratajkowski Reveals That Robin Thicke Groped Her While Filming the Music Video for 'Blurred Lines
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(Feminism)
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... and is unaware of his flirtations, he’ll still make advancements towards her, ignoring her consent. The music video flaunts three half-naked women with Ratajkowski as the center model. Joining the models ...
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Created on 08 October 2021
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Amy Schumer Shares Her Battle With Endometriosis, And Has Us Wondering Why The F*ck There Isn't More Research About This Disorde
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(Feminism)
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... Bill Could Make Nonconsensual removal of Condoms an Illegal Violation of Sexual Consent
Women’s Pain Matters: The Implicit Gender Bias in Healthcare
Research shows COVID-19 Vaccinations may affect ...
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Created on 27 September 2021
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"Stealthing"—Removing a Condom Without Consent—Could Soon Be Illegal In Californi
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(Sex)
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Sexual violence comes in various forms, and for many across the globe, knowledge of what does and does not count as sexual consent remains unclear. Before watching Michaela Coel’s TV series, I May ...
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Created on 24 September 2021
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Michaela Coel’s first book, “Misfits: A Personal Manifesto,” is an emotional dive into her experiences of racism and sexism as a Black British woman.
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(Books)
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After the success of her HBO TV series I May Destroy You, which explored issues of sexual assault, consent, and their intersection with race, British actress and screenwriter Michaela Coel is continuing ...
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Created on 15 September 2021
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Can "Mindful Masturbation" Help You Heal From Rape and Sexual Trauma
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(Sex)
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... finally give voice to our trauma, name our wounds, say no to the kind of sex we don’t want. But embodying enthusiastic consent takes another kind of radical, more internal reckoning. It takes giving ourselves ...
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Created on 15 September 2021
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About Time? The American Medical Association Recommends The Removal of Female and Male Sex Categories From Birth Certificates
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(Feminism)
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... about bodily autonomy as surgeries are usually performed when children are under the age of 2 and therefore, cannot consent to them.
The move has predictably infuriated conservatives. Former Republican ...
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Created on 12 August 2021
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Everybody Skate: Photographer Lanna Apisukh Highlights Female and Queer Skateboarders in New Photo Project
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(Arts)
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... e for one. I mean sometimes people do feel uncomfortable or shy in front of the camera. So it's always good to ask, I don't like to shoot unless I have consent from a skateboarder. I'd rather that than li ...
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Created on 10 August 2021
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Dr. Carol Queen Commemorates Activist Margo St. James With a Guided Tour of the Sex Workers’ Rights Movement
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(Feminism)
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... consent-based, chosen sex work with kidnapping and “sexual slavery.” As a result, some anti-trafficking groups are working to ban all prostitution.
For example, SESTA/FOSTA, two linked federal bills ...
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Created on 19 July 2021
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The Intimacy Coordinator Behind "Normal People," "I May Destroy You," And More, Reveals Her Secrets For Creating Hot On-Screen Sex Scen
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(Sex)
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SEX ON TV isn’t only getting hotter—it’s getting better. In recent years, we’ve seen more nuanced depictions of intimacy, pleasure, and consent, with interactions that actually look real. A lot of this ...
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Created on 02 July 2021
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The Internet Says Nate Is The True Villain of "The Devil Wears Prada" And That Miranda Is Just A Strong Woman—Here Are 5 Movies That Also Got it Wron
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(Movies)
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... her consent and then sings the sappiest song complaining that he has a “prude” girlfriend. Shut up, horndog.
Header photo: screenshot via YouTube / Clips via GIPHY
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Created on 25 June 2021
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Women launch class action suit against Pornhub for posting videos without their consent. Half were children at the time.
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(Feminism)
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Pornhub, the popular porn website, is facing major deserved backlash today as 34 women came forward with a lawsuit stating that videos of them were posted without their consent. And, as over half of ...
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Created on 18 June 2021
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Racism, Sexual Misconduct, Domestic Violence, and Sexism: Is it time to put The Bachelor to bed?
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(TV)
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... Olympios and DeMario Jackson, during which Olympios was too intoxicated to give consent. The chilling part about this is that producers and cameramen watched and filmed as the incident occurred, with no ...
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Created on 11 June 2021
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In Chilling Move, Texas Town Declares Itself Anti-Abortion “Sanctuary City"
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(Feminism)
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... All of these and the procedure itself can be brought to a court of law as unlawful. The ordinance even goes as far as to state that the consent of the mother is not able to be held up in court, which is ...
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Created on 07 June 2021
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Texas High School Valedictorian Tosses Prepared Graduation Speech, Delivers Passionate Pro-Choice Talk Instead
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(Feminism)
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... by Dallas TV station WFAA.
“I have dreams, hopes and ambitions,” Smith said during her speech. “Every girl here does. We have spent our whole lives working towards our futures, and without our consent ...
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Created on 03 June 2021
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Don't Forget Your Story: Why Kink Will Always Belong in Prid
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(Living)
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... under the guise of protection and consent feels sophomoric and underdeveloped.
Pride is a celebration of self-identify and community, which includes sexual preferences. Allowing a space to celebrate ...
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Created on 03 June 2021
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Florida's Anti-Trans Bill Challenges Trans Women and Girls' Place in Competitive Sport
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(Feminism)
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... sex is in question, the “dispute” will be resolved by the student’s school or institution requesting “the student provide a health examination and consent form or other statement signed by the student’s ...
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Created on 28 April 2021
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Does Netflix's Upcoming Season Of "Master Of None" Hide Behind Queer Black Women To Sell Audiences A Dying Sho
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(TV)
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... to the alleged incident as a “bad date,” rather than the violation of affirmative consent that many others have interpreted it to have been.
In similar fashion, the season three trailer for Master of ...
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Created on 27 April 2021
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Self-Help Icon Sonya Renee Taylor Is Back With A New Toolkit For "Radical Self-Love
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(Books)
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TEN YEARS AGO, activist, leader, and visionary Sonya Renee Taylor found herself comforting a struggling friend and saying, “Natasha, your body is not an apology.” This statement inadvertently and profoundly ...
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Created on 23 April 2021
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Traverse the Multigenerational Highs and Lows of Cuban-American Womanhood in Gabriela Garcia's "Of Women and Sal
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(Books)
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The novel Of Women and Salt starts with Carmen’s plea to her daughter Jeanette to live—to choose life over suffering and addiction. From there, readers explore generations of Cuban and Cuban-American ...
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Created on 13 April 2021
